Damien Watson
Representative pathway — 1 pathway points in the overall rating
- ● Regional representative — 4 matches (+0.6)
- ● Body of work — 27 imported matches (+0.5)
Critical recommendations
Adjusted average of 8.9 over 21 innings. Focus on the first 15 balls: leave/defend percentages, judgement outside off stump.
Out for 0 in 19% of imported innings. Build a repeatable start routine: watch the ball out of the hand, score first run with low-risk pushes.
0.19 dismissals per match across 27 matches. Add direct-hit and ground-fielding reps to turn half-chances into run outs.
Strengths
- ✓ Genuine wicket-taker — bowling average of 14.0.
- ✓ Strikes regularly — a wicket every 20 balls.
- Overall
- Weighted blend of the disciplines: Fielding 0 × 40% · Batting not rated (weight redistributed) · Bowling 65 × 30%. Unrated disciplines are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so a non-bowler is not punished for not bowling.
- Level
- ×0.30 for the level played (Club 8). The same score is worth more in harder cricket.
- Form
- Rated on the last 8 matches since 31 Oct 2024. Older cricket still shows in the career figures but does not count.
- Fielding
- Outfield: 5 catches + 0 run outs (0 direct, 0 assisted) in 27 matches — 0.19 per match.
- Batting
- Not rated: 21 innings at 9.0 average — below the 20 floor needed to be presented as a batter.
- Bowling
- 37 wickets in 24 matches bowled in (of 27 played) — 1.54 per match at 14.0, economy 4.14, strike rate 20.2.
Fielding — imported matches (27)
Batting — imported matches
Bowling — imported matches
Dismissal pattern
Imported-match summary
| Matches | 27 imported |
| Batting | 141 runs in 21 inns @ 8.95 (SR 40.78) |
| Milestones | 0×100, 0×50, HS 42, 4 ducks |
| Bowling | 37 wkts @ 13.97 (econ 4.14, SR 20.2) |
| Best / 5WI | 4-7 · 0 five-fors |
| Fielding | 5 ct, 0 RO, 0 st |
Further analysis
Batting form
Running not-out-adjusted average across innings (chronological).
Score distribution
How often each scoring band is reached — a read on consistency.
Scoring tempo
Runs vs balls faced per innings; line = a strike rate of 100.
Bowling form
Economy per spell (chronological) with the career economy as a baseline.
Wicket accumulation
Cumulative wickets across spells — the shape of their wicket-taking.
Fielding contribution
Breakdown of the 5 dismissals they were involved in.
Per-match fielding rate
Across 27 imported match(es).
Season by season
Seasons run 1 September – 31 August. Imported scorecards only.
Batting
| Season | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 7.44 | 58.62 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 43.75 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023/24 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 42* | 18.67 | 420 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022/23 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 14* | 10.92 | 88.64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021/22 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 13 | 8.33 | 39.06 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1.33 | 14.81 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Season | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Econ | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 28.2 | 2 | 124 | 5 | 24.8 | 4.4 | 33.8 |
| 2024/25 | 17 | 4 | 42 | 9 | 4.67 | 2.47 | 11.3 |
| 2023/24 | 18.7 | 2 | 79 | 6 | 13.17 | 4.23 | 18.7 |
| 2022/23 | 28 | 3 | 90 | 9 | 10 | 3.21 | 18.7 |
| 2021/22 | 15 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 23 | 4.6 | 30 |
| 2020/21 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | — | 5.83 | — |
| 2014/15 | 12 | 0 | 78 | 5 | 15.6 | 6.5 | 14.4 |
Fielding
| Season | Ct | WK Ct | RO | St | Dismissals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
How does Damien compare?
Year-by-year, aligned by age — against Sam Konstas or any player you pick.